Talks have broken down overnight between the NSW government and the rail, tram and bus union. Union members are now threatening to stop work if the state government pushes ahead with its plans to extend the metro.
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00:00Conversations were held long into the night last night between the train, rail and bus
00:07union and the New South Wales government, with the union saying that it will stop all
00:12work on the T3 Bankstown line if the New South Wales government pushes forward with its Metro
00:17line development between Sydenham and Bankstown.
00:21The infrastructure project has been met with opposition from the union because of its selfless
00:27driving trains.
00:29It says that it poses a safety concern, but the minister this morning had a strong word
00:35to media and that word involved telling the union to be on board with what they're proposing.
00:41Don't let your opposition to Metro stop families getting to the footy on the weekend and the
00:46communities of the South West getting the Metro services that they were promised.
00:52The minister was adamant this morning that her door will remain open for discussions
00:56and that she wants to see ongoing bargaining continue until a resolution is found.
01:02But for now, this weekend is full of the Bledisloe Cup and footy finals fans hoping to get on
01:08those trains to make it to those games.
01:10Speaking to some of the locals here in Bankstown, here's what they had to say on the new Metro
01:15line connection and also the delays expected this weekend.
01:20I think that's really annoying, to be honest, it is ridiculous every weekend to be on a
01:25strike or no trains, always getting buses from A to Z, especially with kids.
01:30We have to cop it, you know, isn't it?
01:32If they have to make it, we have to be patient, you know.
01:35What can you do?
01:36There's a reason for their strike, I believe.
01:39Good luck to them.
01:40$2.5 billion has already been spent on the South West Metro line development and the
01:46minister warned this morning that over $100,000 could be lost every month if these strikes
01:53and delays continue.
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